A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Linkit, Lynkit, -yt, ppl. a. [Late ME. lynket, e.m.E. lincked, f. Link v.] Linked. a. Of a chain: Consisting of links. b. Looped, consisting of loops. —1511–2 Treas. Acc. IV. 323.
Deliverit … to the Quenis grace in hir New Ȝeir gift ane small linkit chenȝee knoppit 1513 Doug. vii. vi. 24.
The grysly serpent … semyt to be About hir hals a lynkit [Sm. -yt] gold chenȝe 1540 Acta Conc. & Sess. MS. XIII. 83.
Ane gold gawdeit chenȝe, … ane round linkit chenȝe of gold 1600-1610 Melvill 569.
A blew traine … in the air, most lyk ane serpent in mony faulds and linkit wimples
